Tropical Depression Basyang moved closer to eastern Mindanao on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 4, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to raise tropical cyclone wind signal No. 1 over 12 areas in the Visayas and Mindanao.
As of 5 p.m., the center of Basyang was estimated at 655 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kph.
The weather system is moving westward at 15 kph.
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